On dictatorship, blood in the streets, and the deadly love of your CEO

Before They Ran the Reds Out of the Studios

The screwball comedy The Devil and Miss Jones exemplifies how pro-worker Hollywood was just on the eve of McCarthyism.

On failing at precalculus, failing at crack, and failing at capitalism

On Marxists abroad, domestic terrorists at home, and the terrible threat of an all-expenses-paid trip to Cuba

Issue 47: Misery Index

Crunching the numbers on the class war.

A Guide to Election Polling Terms

A guide to election polling terms.

Reality TV Democracy

America’s favorite television arcs toward autocracy.

Proletarian Portfolios

Union revenues and assets are on the rise — union membership is not.

A Strike for All Seasons

When and where organized labor’s been on the move.

Abe Shinzo Haunts Japan From the Casket

From the Moonies to military revanchists, Abe Shinzo was in bed with some dangerous oddballs. His funeral was a battle over their place in Japanese politics.

Queen Elizabeth II’s Ghosts

In between smiling, waving, and running up a $400 million annual bill, the late Queen Elizabeth II was the face of some pretty bad stuff during her seven-decade reign.

The Wrong Side of the Law

Legislation and case law targeting leftists is something like an American tradition.

Issue 47: The Internet Speaks

If you have anything nice to say, slide into our DMs.

Broken Records

If you can’t carry a tune, you can’t take the White House. Here are some of the more memorable campaign songs in American history.

Constitutional Calcification

The process for constitutional amendment is an uphill battle. Since 1789, almost 12,000 amendments have been proposed — but only 27 have passed. It’s been 50 years since one has made its way to the states for ratification.

Posting Cringe

Dispatches from Jeff Bezos’s Washington Post.

Political Football

On November 20, the 2022 World Cup began in Qatar. It is the first time the event has been held in the Middle East. Over the last ten years, countless migrant workers suffered abuse and exploitation, and even died, to make it possible.

Beaucoup

There have been eight coups d’état in West Africa since 2020 — a marked uptick after years on the decline. The US has trained and armed many of the responsible parties. It’s 10 PM: Do you know where your tax dollars are going?

Planning for a White Terror

In 1919, with the US ruling class gripped by fear of a Bolshevik-inspired revolution in America, nativist army leaders made contingency plans for a brutal crackdown. Here’s what they had in store for New York City, the epicenter of immigrant radicalism.

Australia’s New Workplace Laws Will Not Improve Wages

The Australian Labor government’s new industrial relations bill promises to boost wage growth. But the legislation’s key components work to undermine that goal.